Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spreadingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spread-ing-ness
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of spreading, or tending to spread

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Indeed, the “very cleverness and spreadingness of murder” may have gathered her father within its compass[…]."

Etymology

Etymology tree English spreading Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English spreadingness From spreading + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does spreadingness mean?: The quality of spreading, or tending to spread
Where does spreadingness come from?: Etymology tree English spreading Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English spreadingness From spreading + -ness.

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